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Best scope for new light weight rig
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1279408" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>Talking strictly glass... I owned a Swarovski Z5 5-25X<strong>52</strong>, a Leupold VX-6 4-24X<strong>52</strong>, a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X<strong>50</strong>, and a Minox ZA 5HD 5-25x<strong>56</strong> SF PLEX.</p><p></p><p>The first three were head and shoulders ahead of the Minox for all magnification except for 25X. As for low light one would think it would smoke the others. It didn't. It matched my Nikon Monarch 3 5-20X<strong>44</strong> which is not as good as the first three listed.</p><p></p><p>My surprise came when two of us compared them on a military optics chart at 127 yards The best is the Bushnell, second the Leupold, and the one with the reputation for great glass came in third. These were not samples of one. I have two 6500's. I had four z5's and kept the best one. The one VX-6 was a sample of one and so were the other two. The Leupold fell between the two 6500's and the z5 came in behind the second 6500.</p><p></p><p>I sold all the scopes except the 6500's. They go clear (pun intended) to 30X and are crystal clear all the way from 4 1/2X. I still have a Weaver V24 6-24X42 I am going to sell also to help pay for a 6500 2 1/2-16X50 for my coyote rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1279408, member: 70559"] Talking strictly glass... I owned a Swarovski Z5 5-25X[B]52[/B], a Leupold VX-6 4-24X[B]52[/B], a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X[B]50[/B], and a Minox ZA 5HD 5-25x[B]56[/B] SF PLEX. The first three were head and shoulders ahead of the Minox for all magnification except for 25X. As for low light one would think it would smoke the others. It didn't. It matched my Nikon Monarch 3 5-20X[B]44[/B] which is not as good as the first three listed. My surprise came when two of us compared them on a military optics chart at 127 yards The best is the Bushnell, second the Leupold, and the one with the reputation for great glass came in third. These were not samples of one. I have two 6500's. I had four z5's and kept the best one. The one VX-6 was a sample of one and so were the other two. The Leupold fell between the two 6500's and the z5 came in behind the second 6500. I sold all the scopes except the 6500's. They go clear (pun intended) to 30X and are crystal clear all the way from 4 1/2X. I still have a Weaver V24 6-24X42 I am going to sell also to help pay for a 6500 2 1/2-16X50 for my coyote rifle. [/QUOTE]
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